Customer Reviews

An excellent thesis on future warfare by an international expert - By: W. Meddings, 03 Aug 2006
Allin all an excellent book, well written & covering all of the major facts. For those who want to see beyond many of the current fadsin military thinking - from 4GW to Effects Based & Network Centric Warfare - an excellent book. Coling Gray covers the basics of Clauswitzian Theory, & constantly brings us back to the fact that the future is not yet determined. We should, he argues, prepare for the unexpected, whilst accepting that history does provide us the best tools to analyse what we see today. Colin Gray does have a tendancy to use long words when short ones would do the job, but this does not detract from the book.

For those soon to attend their MA(C) module (you know who you are if you know what I'm talking about!) then it should be recommended reading. Covers some of the syllabus & much more beyond.